Glasgow Background

Glasgow is the largest energy consumer in Scotland and until recently most of this energy was produced by non-renewable sources. However, in recent years, installations of multiple wind farms in surrounding areas have significantly reduced Glasgow’s reliance on the grid by generating a significant portion of Glasgow’s electricity demand through renewable sources rather than fossil fuels.

Nevertheless the unpredictability of wind resource presents a significant obstacle when it comes to selling electricity, which can be overcome by providing a means to supply an output that can be predicted well in advance. A hydrogen buffering system offers an approach by which this can be achieved in the form of fixed DC output from the fuel cell. The system could then be sized to minimize electricity dumped while meeting a load purely using the fuel cell output.

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